
[SET]
Bulky Pivot (Cinderace) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Blaze
Evs: 188 HP / 112 Atk / 208 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Pyro Ball
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
- Court Change
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its good Speed, outspeeding foes like Serperior, Iron Treads, and Enamorus, good Attack, and valuable utility like Court Change, which can be helpful for entry hazard-weak teammates, Cinderace is a good bulky pivot that can help bring in its teammates safely against faster foes. Pyro Ball deals with Steel- and Grass-types, 2HKOing defensive Celesteela, Iron Treads, Tangrowth, and Amoonguss; it is also Cinderace's best move, due to its general usability, power, ablilty to OHKO targets like Enamorus, Mega Heracross, and Thundurus-T when Blaze boosted. Will-O-Wisp can cripple physical attackers, notably setup Pokemon such as Iron Hands, Hawlucha, and Okidogi. This given EV spread allows Cinderace to be as bulky as possible, letting it survive an Earthquake from Salamence, while still outspeeding Serperior and being able able to OHKO Enamorus after Stealth Rock chip damage. Cinderace can pair well with other pivots like Meowscarada, Thundurus-T, and Galarian Zapdos, forming a VoltTurn core, being able to pivot each other in to threaten Pokemon that can check each other. Offensive Pokemon like Iron Moth, Galarian Zapdos, and Serperior can be good teammates for Cinderace, being able to threaten its common checks like Tapu Fini, Mega Tyranitar, Slowbro, and other Water-types, that generally wall it. In return, Cinderace can keep off hazards, helping them not get chipped, and pivot them in against faster targets like Meowscarda safely. Cinderace can be threatened out by targets like Keldeo, Volcanion, and Sandy Shocks, due to their typing and super effective moves, making it appreciate teammates that can offer a backbone against them like Mega Latias, Latios, and Blissey. Skeledirge is also another Pokemon that can wall Cinderace, forcing it out and using it as an opportunity to setup, making Cinderace pair well with partners like Keldeo, Hydreigon, and Sandy Shocks, which can threaten it. Even though Cinderace can help to keep off hazards, it can still appreciate secondary hazard removers like Tapu Fini, Excadrill, and Iron Treads.
[CREDITS]
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